Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate...

The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate...

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that...

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that...

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to...

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to...

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter...

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter...

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns...

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns...

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is...

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to...

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to...

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the...

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the...

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which...

A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which...